September 18, 2012

100 years ago
1912

Edmontonia
Annie May Jackson became the first female police constable in Canada when she was hired by the police department of Edmonton.

Baseball
The Philadelphia Athletics lost the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, clinching the American League pennant for the Boston Red Sox, whose game in Cleveland against the Naps was rained out.

90 years ago
1922

Baseball
Whitey Witt drove in 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, and a 1 1/2-game lead over the Browns in the American League pennant race. Winning pitcher Joe Bush ended the hitting streak of St. Louis first baseman George Sisler at 41 games.

80 years ago
1932

Died on this date
Peg Entwistle, 24. U.S. actress. A native of Port Talbot, Wales, Miss Entwistle came to America with her parents as the age of 4. She achieved some success as a stage actress, but wanted to break into movies, and made her movie acting debut in Thirteen Women (1932). The movie opened in theatres on September 16; after a night of drinking and feeling depressed, Miss Entwistle climbed a ladder to the top of the 50-foot-tall "H" on the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles and jumped to her death.

75 years ago
1937

At the movies
Charlie Chan on Broadway, directed by Eugene Forde, and starring Warner Oland, Keye Luke, and Joan Marsh, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



Baseball
Paul Waner had 3 hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-2 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The hits gave Mr. Waner 200 for the season, a National League modern-day record eighth season in which he had reached that figure. Cy Blanton pitched a 10-hit complete game to improve his 1937 record to 14-12, winning the pitchers' duel over Freddie Fitzsimmons, who pitched a 9-hitter and fell to 6-8 in a game that was played in 1 hour 43 minutes.

Elbie Fletcher led off the top of the 10th inning with a single and Bobby Reis followed with a double to drive him home with the winning run as the Boston Bees edged the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 before 2,976 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

Lyn Lary's 3-run home run with 2 out climaxed a 6-run 8th inning rally as the Cleveland Indians came back from a 6-1 deficit to edge the Boston Red Sox 7-6 before 3,300 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. The last 3 Cleveland runs were unearned as the result of an error by Boston third baseman Pinky Higgins.

The New York Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning and 4 in the 8th to defeat the Chicago White Sox 12-8 in the first game of a doubleheader before 24,010 fans at Yankee Stadium. Myril Hoag hit a 3-run home run for the Yankees in the 7th, and Bill Dickey added a 3-run homer in the 8th, while Frank Crosetti and Lou Gehrig homered in the 1st inning. Ivy Andrews pitched a 6-hitter, improving his 1937 record to 6-5, as the Yankees completed the sweep with a 4-0 win in the second game.

Bill Phebus and Joe Krakauskas were the respective winning pitchers as the Washington Nationals swept a doubleheader from the St. Louis Browns 6-2 and 10-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Al Simmons hit a 2-run home run for the Nationals in the first game and had 3 singles and 4 runs batted in in the second game.

70 years ago
1942

At the movies
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, opened in theatres. It was the third Sherlock Holmes movie to star Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, but the first of 12 to be made by Universal from 1942-1946, and the only one directed by John Rawlins. Thomas Gomez made his movie acting debut as the villainous character Meade.



Radio
The Canadian cabinet authorized the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio Canada to start the CBC International Service; it came into being in 1945, and became Radio Canada International in 1972.

War
German infantry and tank forces reportedly made further advances in the northwest sector of Stalingrad and penetrated to the Volga River, north of the city. Australian and U.K. Royal Air Force bombers attacked Tobruk, Libya, while U.S. bombers hit Bengazi. German commander in Paris General Otto von Stulpnagel announced the execution of 116 "Communist terrorists" in reprisal for attacks on German occupation troops. British troops landed and occupied Madagascar's principal port, the east coast city of Tamatave.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a note to the Japanese through the Swiss government saying that the Red Cross was caring for Japanese held in U.S. territory and asking whether or not Japan would reciprocate.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Banking and Currency committees approved two measures directing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to stabilize farm prices, wages, and salaries at either August 15 or September 15 levels.

Labour
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman James Fly told a Senate subommittee that the proposed American Federation of Musicians ban on recording hurt the war effort; he called for legislative action.

50 years ago
1962

Space
The United States launched the weather satellite Tiros 6, whose mission was to study cloud cover.

Business
Major league baseball owners denied Charles O. Finley permission to move the Kansas City Athletics to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

40 years ago
1972

World events
The first Ugandan refugees fleeing the dictatorship of Idi Amin arrived in Great Britain.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Eye of the Tiger--Survivor (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band (4th week at #1)
2 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
3 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
4 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
5 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
6 Vacation--Go-Go's
7 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
8 Hold Me--Fleetwood Mac
9 I Keep Forgettin'--Michael McDonald
10 Blue Eyes--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#76); New World Man by Rush (#80); I'm So Excited by the Pointer Sisters (#82); Young Love by Air Supply (#83); What About Me by Moving Pictures (#86); Burning Down One Side by Robert Plant (#87); All of My Love by Bobby Caldwell (#88); Ribbon in the Sky by Stevie Wonder (#89); and Rock this Town by the Stray Cats (#90).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
2 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
3 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
4 Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band
5 Love in Control (Finger on the Trigger)--Donna Summer
6 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
7 Only Time Will Tell--Asia
8 Hurts So Good--John Cougar
9 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
10 Eyes of a Stranger--Payolas

Singles entering the chart were Heart Attack by Olivia Newton-John (#44); Voyeur by Kim Carnes (#47); Don't Fight It by Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry (#49); and When the Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd (#50).

Terrorism
Paris police announced that they had arrested 14 members of a group called Direct Action and seized two large caches of arms and explosives—150 dynamite sticks, sodium chlorate, detonators, slow-burning cord, two submachine guns, a Soviet assault rifle, and an M-1 carbine.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-3) 28 @ Ottawa (2-8) 38
Saskatchewan (4-6) 32 @ British Columbia (6-3) 36

Chris Isaac completed 24 of 37 passes for 309 yards and touchdowns to Peter Stenerson, Pat Stoqua, and Skip Walker, and Mr. Walker rushed for another touchdown as the Rough Riders outscored the Blue Bombers 17-0 in the 4th quarter before 17,227 fans at Lansdowne Park. Bruce Walker was Mr. Isaac’s favourite target, catching 9 passes for 123 yards. William Miller and Milson Jones rushed for Winnipeg touchdowns, and Dieter Brock threw a touchdown pass to Joe Poplawski. Mr. Miller rushed 13 times for 88 yards, while Skip Walker rushed 18 times for 85. Craig Ellis played his first CFL game, and his only game in a Winnipeg uniform, wearing #29 and playing wide receiver in place of the departed Carlos Pennywell. He didn’t catch a pass, which didn’t happen in another CFL game that he played in until 10 years later. The other Winnipeg wide receiver, Mike Holmes, who had led the CFL in receptions and yards receiving in 1980, caught 3 passes for 30
yards in what turned out to be his last CFL game. He had suffered a severed Achilles tendon in 1981 and the injury had robbed him of his speed. He was put on the injured list for the remainder of the 1982 season after catching 35 passes for 426 yards and 2 touchdowns in 9 games. Mr. Holmes jumped to the Washington Federals of the United States Football League in 1983 and never returned to the CFL.

Roy Dewalt threw 2 touchdown passes to Merv Fernandez, another to John Pankratz, and handed off to Larry Key for another touchdown as the Lions took a 33-13 halftime lead and barely held on to defeat the Roughriders before 28,513 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. John Hufnagel started at quarterback for Saskatchewan and completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Joey Walters in the 1st quarter. Joe Adams relieved Mr. Hufnagel in the 3rd quarter and completed a 43-yard TD pass to Dwight Edwards. Trailing 36-20, the Roughriders mounted a furious attempt at a comeback in the final minutes of the game, as Mr. Adams connected with Ron Robinson for 2 touchdowns in the final 2:39. Two 2-point convert attempts were unsuccessful.

CIAU
Acadia (1-0) 7 Mount Allison (0-1) 6
St. Francis Xavier (1-0) 23 St. Mary’s (0-1) 13
McGill (2-0) 21 Concordia (1-1) 8
Ottawa (2-0) 40 Bishop’s (0-2) 35
Carleton (1-1) 34 Queen’s (0-2) 32
Western Ontario (2-0) 34 Waterloo (1-1) 17
York (1-1) 19 Wilfrid Laurier (1-1) 1
Windsor (1-1) 17 Guelph (0-2) 14
British Columbia (4-0) 37 Saskatchewan (1-2) 7
Manitoba (2-1) 51 Calgary (1-2) 19

25 years ago
1987

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. would sign an agreement later in the year to reduce the number of nuclear missiles.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-9) 19 @ Calgary (5-7) 41

Gary Allen rushed 18 times for 106 yards and a touchdown and quarterbacks Rick Johnson and Rick Worman combined to throw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Stampeders over the Rough Riders in front of a McMahon Stadium crowd of 21,483. Rick Johnson started at quarterback for Calgary and completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Larry Willis, but Mr. Johnson left in the 2nd quarter with a pinched nerve in his shoulder. Mr. Worman relieved him and threw 2 TD passes to Emanuel Tolbert. Linebacker Lemont Jeffers added a 2-point convert for the Stampeders on a pass from holder Glenn Harper. Shawn Faulkner rushed 1 yard for an Ottawa touchdown in the 1st quarter and Joe Paopao connected with Troy Smith for a 28-yard TD in the 3rd quarter. Mr. Tolbert caught 6 passes for 146 yards, while Ottawa’s Marc Lewis caught 11 for 122. Backup safety Darcy Kopp played quarterback for the Stampeders late in the game, throwing 1 interception.



CIAU
Western Ontario (2-0) 75 @ Toronto (1-1) 7

Ray Macoritti tied an Ontario University Athletic Association record for a single game with 10 converts and added a field goal and 2 singles as the Mustangs outscored the Varsity Blues 68-0 in the last 3 quarters before 4,200 fans at Varsity Stadium. John Wright rushed 14 times for 70 yards, and Rob Stewart carried 13 times for 74 and 1 touchdown. Other UWO touchdowns were scored by Mark Regan, Brendan Lenko, Dave Sapunjis, Dave Bean, Paul Bone, and Duane Forde. Mr. Bone scored on a 47-yard interception return in the 4th quarter. Ken Raymond scored the lone Toronto touchdown on a 6-yard pass from Rod Moors with 7 seconds remaining in the 1st quarter. It was the most lopsided win by the Mustangs over the Varsity Blues since the teams had begun playing against each other in 1929.

Baseball
Darrell Evans of the Detroit Tigers became the first 40-year-old major league player to hit 40 home runs in a season as the Tigers edged the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6.

10 years ago
2002

Baseball
Greg Colbrunn hit for the cycle, added a second home run, and drove in 4 runs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the San Diego Padres 10-3.